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▸ adjective: Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
▸ adjective: Not thorough; superficial.
▸ adjective: Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
▸ adjective: (archaic or rare) Not far away in space or time.
▸ adjective: Of slender build.
▸ adjective: (regional) Even, smooth or level.
▸ adjective: (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
▸ adjective: (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
▸ adjective: (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
▸ verb: (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
▸ verb: (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
▸ noun: The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Sleight.
▸ noun: A surname from Middle English.
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slight breeze,
slight smile,
slight nod,
slight incline,
slight change,
slight hesitation,
slight improvement,
slight difference,
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